Example sentences of "[modal v] so " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , if we confine our view of drama to that of performance art we may so love the mask we overlook the face .
2 When we look at what the centre of the political spectrum ( if we may so classify Liberals , SDP and Liberal Democrats ) mean by citizenship and its implications , we discover different emphases in its constituent parts from the Conservative formula .
3 Unless manual energy substitution is matched with the necessary level of skill and control these factors may so distort the economics that expectations are not realised .
4 The question which next arises is whether the doctor , while prohibited from doing anything deliberately aimed at causing the death of his patient , may so adjust the treatment that he does not actively intervene and the patient dies .
5 Any manager will ( with certain limited exceptions ) have power to bind the EEIG vis-à-vis third parties , unless the related contract provides that only two or more managers may so bind it and is gazetted accordingly .
6 WHEREAS the Authors have assigned the copyright in the Work to the Company together with all future copyright arising in connection with the Work whatsoever , and have also given the Company full authority to negotiate the exploitation of the Work ( including the re-assignment of copyright ) on such terms as the Company may so decide and
7 The school of Tolkien , if one may so describe it , was an attempt to throw on the brakes : to rediscover a national and personal selfhood by discovering the roots of faith .
8 Perhaps such cases do not occur with the frequency one may so readily believe or that such cases do not get reported in the national press with the frequency that one might have expected ; or alternatively , perhaps the police are much more successful in capturing the so-called sex maniacs than we sometimes are led to imagine .
9 Male-orientation may so colour the organization of sociology as a discipline that the invisibility of women is a structural weakness , rather than simply a superficial flaw .
10 Rather does he venture to ask that it should be considered as the conclusion of an imaginative tragedy ( if he may so call it ) whereof one half has been already published .
11 ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything .
12 It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it .
13 In some cases it may so horrify the husband that he ca n't cope and slopes off .
14 Then they will baptise those they evangelise in the name of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit ( 28:19 ) , but in the meantime they are given one trial run , if we may so call it , when they are sent out on a missionary journey ( Matt. 10:20 ) .
15 It should also be pointed out that Donoghue v. Stevenson established a principle of wider application than it may so far have appeared .
16 My dear friend — if I may so describe him — the previous Foreign Secretary , who resigned from the right hon. Lady 's Government over Europe , was equally thrilled , although he did not express himself — he never does — in quite such colourful language .
17 We only need peace , and events may so turn that we receive it .
18 hmm — and here is the norwegian — quite good also if i may so so ; - ) : - )
19 Thus there is generally a presumption that business agreements are intended to be legally binding , and the courts generally accept an element of imprecision in business agreements so that " the dealings of men may so far as possible be treated as effective and that the law may not incur the reproach of being the destroyer of bargains " ( per Lord Tomlin in Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 , at p499 ) .
20 At the same time , I have asked a number of questions which I , if I may so , have not been answered .
21 If you want to redirect the Printer output , you may so do with the following CLI commands : The following additional commands are only effective from within a CLI file or from redirected input .
22 So you 're feeling relaxed and comfortable and good because you 're telling me , you know , what a great tennis player I am and I really enjoy it , you 've just given me a couple of names that I 'll either make a note of or I 'll say that 's interesting cos I actually deal with Joe on a business relationship anyway erm maybe we could meet some other people from the tennis club , self employed people , professional people such as yourself , who might be interested in looking at financial planning but today I 'm more interested in talking about you Bill , erm we 'll come back to them a bit later if I may so let's press on .
23 Dear Bill ( if I may so call you )
24 For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't
25 But there it is , and outside and foreign firms will put money in , especially if subsidized by temporary government measures , for as you know , public investment in private industry is judged to be ideologically correct , while public investment for public and community concerns is judged ideologically to be harmful , but the firms are interested in making money out of the region if I may so put it , not in sustaining world promotion and healthy living in the region .
26 so , with the best will in the world it 's going to be six months so let's so we need a little of breathing space
27 Why else should so many be high out of sight of the congregation , only sharply visible to us when using a telephoto lens ?
28 It 's natural that Yuri should so enjoy dressing down , when for some much of his life he has been zipped into elaborate Bolshoi costumes , his cheekbones and eyes accented by thick , expertly applied theatrical make-up .
29 I do not see why I should so deliver myself up to those who are so assiduously conducting the campaign of abuse and denigration directed at me .
30 How sad that the FA should so unashamedly cheapen the wearing of an England shirt in the blatant pursuit of commercial gain , thus following the examples of teams like Arsenal and Manchester United who , on occasions , manage to achieve the appearance of circus clowns .
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